I am a freelance wine and food writer and wine columnist for The Washington Post. My columns appear in the Wednesday Food section, and each week I contribute an item to the Post’s All We Can Eat blog – these are usually posted on Wednesday as well.
I am also co-founder of DrinkLocalWine.com, a website turned organization designed to promote online writing about “wines from around here, wherever ‘here’ happens to be.” DLW has held annual conferences in Texas, Virginia and Missouri to introduce writers and bloggers to winemakers. In April 2012, we will meet in Colorado.
On this blog I will try out some ideas and tastings before they reach the column, and hopefully ignite some interesting discussion. Please take advantage of the Comments section to join in!
Cheers,
Dave McIntyre
Hi Dave!
Love reading your Washington Post column and looking forward to meeting you at WBC11 this weekend in Charlottesville!
Shannon Jones
@GrapeOccasions
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Hi Dave,
You have a very entertaining and at the same time knowledgeable website. I like your wine selection, very impressive. Me myself is a wine drinker. I appreciate a good quality wine even though I’m not an expert, I know how good wine taste like. Anyway, I have a proposition that will benefit you and your readers. I want to discuss this in detail. Do you think you will be interested?
Best Regards,
Daniel
I would like to see a column on how much wine was lost in the DC area due to the power and heat his past weekend. I don’t see a lot written about it. I have some damaged bottles in my modest cellar, but I can assume there are many shops whose inventory is now suspect. Your thought would be welcome.
I enjoy your column in the Post.
Dave
Grenache Day is Friday the 21st.
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Cheers
Gordon
I enjoy your column in the Post, and try to find some of the wines you recommend. I live in Towson, though, so I am far away from the wine shops you list. Can you please try to include some availability in the Baltimore area? Total Wine (formerly Beltway Fine Wine), Wells Liquor,
Grauls, Eddies, Hunt Valley, The Wine Source, Calvert, and many others come to mind. Thank you!
Hi Louise – thank you for your comment, and for reading my Post columns. I’m glad you enjoy them. Several of the stores you mention do indeed appear frequently in my listings, especially Wells and Beltway Fine Wines, Towson wines also comes to mind.
Cheers, Dave
Hey Dave- Big fans of yours and seeking some advice. My wife and I just had our first baby and I am already looking into what we’ll all drink together for our daughter’s 21st birthday. When I was little my father had purchased a French red and a bottle of port which were both vintages from my birth year of 1980 for us to drink in 2001. I’d like to do the same with some 2013 vintages for my daughter.
Any suggestions on what I should buy?
Also, in your opinion, under the scenario above, what would have been the best 21st birthday sipping scenario?
Carl Monaco
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Hi Dave,
I am looking for some wines that exhibit the terroir phenomena. We plan to explore at our next wine tasting (which you are welcome to join)!